Slip-sheeting machine.



D. n. HO LBEN 1 B. F. FRANTZ.

SLIP SHEETING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I8. 1914-.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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D. D. HOLBEN & B. F. FRANTZ.

SLIP SHEETING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. \914.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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characters wherein like parts are indicated by like characters throughout the several views: Our device comprlses a support which STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL I). HOLBEN AND BENJAMIN r. FRANTZ, or ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it'known that we, DANmL DfHoLBEN and BENJAMIN F. FRA 'rz, citizens of the United States, residing atAllentown, inthe county of Lehigh, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Imiprovements in Slip-Sheeting Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable. others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to a slip sheeting machine.

An object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character wherein paper which has been printed upon may be effectively dried without defacing of the adjacent pieces of paper.

A further object of the invention is to so construct a device that the printed matter Will be wound upon a roll between a strip of paper and the roll to dry the same.

, A further object of the invention isito provide the device with two slip sheeting rolls so that the same may be reversed in order that the printed matter may be rolled up in one and out of'the other.

lVith these and other objects in view, such as will appear as the description progresses,

our invention comprises the combination and arrangement of parts as herein set-forth and subsequently claimed.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 a front elevation of our device. Fig. 2. is a side elevation thereof, showing the connection of the device to the driving shaft of an 7 adjacent printing press. Fig. 3 is a similar view looking from the opposite side of the machine. Fig. 41 1s a section on line l4 of 3 Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detailshowingthe means for varying the friction on the shafts on the rolls. Fig. 6 is a detail of the driving mech- Referring to the drawing by reference includes two inverted U-shaped standards 1 and 2, said standards having bight portions 3 and legs 4, which legs are secured at their lower ends to a rectangular base 5 which is supported by suitable wheels. A shaft 6 is secured to the bight portions of the standards 1 and 2 and extends therebetween- Bo- SLIP-SHEETING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 31, 1915. Application filed an. 18, 1914. sem No. 845,906. 2 I

14. On the end piece 14' of each roll is formed an outwardly projectingshort shaft 15 which fits into the adjacent bearing 11 and is freely rotatable therein. On the other end member 13 is abearing p1ate16 having a socket 17 formed centrally thereof, which socket has a hole 18 therein.

A short shaft 19 is slidablymounted in the side member 8 of the frame? adjacent each roll and extends intothe hole 18 in the socket 17 so that the roll may be rotated freely on said shaft 19. This shaft 19 is adjusted by means of a screw 20, mounted .in a block 20, which screw has a handle 21 formed on the outer end thereof. The inward movement of this screw 20 will cause the innerend of the shaft 19 to bind against the inner end of the hole 18 so that the fric- I tional engagement between the, end of the shaft 19 and the said roll maybe Varied in,

order, to regulate the running of the roll as will later appear.

Mounted in a bearingl23 on the bight pork tion of the standard is a short shaft 24 on one end of which is mounted a gear wheel 25 andon the other end of which is a snap bolt 26, which is adaptedto engage in apertures :27 in the end of the adjacent shaft 15. This gear wheel intermeshes with a gear wheel 28 on a shaft 29, on which shaft is fixed a belt pulley 30, which pulley is driven by a belt 31 on a pulley 32. This pulley 32 is' mounted vona shaft 33eXtending transversely between the standards 1 and 2, on the other end of this shaft is a sprocket wheel 3d,; which has a. chain 35 mounted thereon, which chain encircles a second sprocket 36,

.rotat-ably mounted on the drive shaft of an adjacent printing press. A clutch member 37 is interposed betweenthe sprocket wheel .3 1 and the driving shaft .39 of the aforementioned press. A controlling lever40for thesaid'clutch is pivoted, at 41, tothe standard 1 by means of which the clutch mayv he p rat I When the clutch -member is thrown into engagement with the sprocket 34, the shaft 33 is rotated and through the belt connection 31 between the pulleys 32 and 30 the shaft 29 is rotated, this shaft by virtue of its connection through the gear wheels 25 and 28 causes theupper roll to rotate on its axis. The lower roll 10 is at this time free from any operative connection with the ac tuating mechanism just described.

' The frame 7 is heldjin fixed relationship to the standards 1 and 2 by a bolt 42, which is mounted in a bearing 43 on the standard 2 and is engageable in an aperture in the adjacent endof the frame 7. On one side of the frame 7 adjacent the upper roll 10 is mounted in bearings 44 for free rotation thereinra 'roll 45 and on the opposite side of the frame 7 below the said roll 45 and adjacent the lowermost roll 10 is a similar roll 46 mountedin bearings 47. The lowermost roll 10 is filled with one continuous strip of paper and the end of the paper is then carried from the top of the roll under the roll 46 and thence around the roll and upwardly beneath the roll 45 and thence around this roll. The end of the paper is then carried downwardly around the cylindrical portion 12 of the upper roll 10 and is secured to the said cylindrical portion in such manner that when the upper roll 10 is rotated, the paper is unwound from the lower roll 10 upon the upper roll 10. The paper at this time being guided by the rolls 46 and 45..

Asupport 48 is secured to the standards 1 and 2 and extends upwardly above the axis of the upper roll. On this support a cross member 49 is formed on which rests a chute 50 which extends in an inclined direction downwardly and terminates between the roll 45 and the upper roll 10 so that printed matter may be placed in said chute and fed to the roll referred to between the paper which is being rolled thereon and the roll itself. Any suitable hopper or receptacle may be placed beneath the lowermost roll 10 and catches the printed matter as it is discharged from the said roll as will appear later.

In operation paper is placed upon the "lowermost roll 10 and passes about the rolls 45 and 46 in the manner above described and secured to the uppermost roll 10. The clutch 37 is then thrown into engagement with the sprocket wheel 36 and through the operative connection above described between this sprocket wheel and the uppermost roll 10 the said roll is rotated, thus winding the paper from the lowermost roll 10 onto the uppermost roll the printed matter as it is withdrawn from the press which is located adjacent this machineis placed upon the chute 50 and slides downwardly by gravity therein and is fed between the roll 44 and the uppermost roll 10 onto the upper surface of the paper after it has passed the roll 45 and the continued rotation of the roll 10 in winding thepaper thereon also draws the printed matter from the chute 50 between the paper which has been previously wound upon the roll and the paper which is being wound upon the same. In this manner the several pieces of printed matter are kept separate so that the partially wet ink on one of the printed pieces will not deface the back of the adjacent one. After all of the strip of paper has been Wound from the lowermost roll 10 the chute 50 is withdrawn and the bolt 42 pulled out of engagement with the frame'7 and the frame is then rotated about its axis to cause the uppermost roll to be shifted and the lower roll to be shifted to the upper'position, it being of course understood that previous to this operation the snap bolt 26 has been withdrawn from its engagement with the apertures 27in the end of the upper roll 10. The frame 7 is then again secured in place by the bolt 42 and the snap bolt 26 allowed to engage the apertures 27 in the adjacent roll and the clutch is then again operated to rotate the upper roll. During this operation it being understood that the chute 50 has been replaced the printed matter is wound upon the upper roll and that which has been previously wound upon the now lower roll is cast from the said roll asthe paper is unwound therefrom and then into a hopper, the ink being at this time in a dry condition so that the several pieces of printed matter will not become smeared or will not smear one another. This cycle of operation may then be repeated.

From the foregoing description it may be seen that we have provided a device which will effectually slip sheet pieces of printed matter without causing the ink of one to be transferred onto the other of the adjacent piece, and we have also provided a device which will save a considerable time in drying such printed matter as described.

We do not wish to be limited to the particular embodiment of our invention shown, for it is obvious that numerous changes may be made within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims.

What is claimed is I 1. In a machine of the class described, a pair of standards, a frame pivotally secured to said standards on a horizontal pivot, means for locking the frame in a predetermined position, a pair of rolls rotatably mounted on said frame, means detachably engaging one roll to revolve the same, paper wound upon the other and connected to the first mentioned roll, means for feeding printed matter between the paper and the first mentioned roll, the said frame being arranged to be swung about its pivot to re Verse the operations of the rolls to disengage the printed matter from one roll and Wind additional matter upon the other.

2. In a machine of the class described, a pair of standards, a frame pivotally secured between said standards, rolls rotatably mounted on said frame, means for rotating one of said rolls, paper secured to said roll and Wound upon the other roll by means of Which roll the second roll is rotated, means for increasing the friction between the bearings of the rolls-and the rolls themselves.

3. In a slip sheeting machine, vertically extending standards, a frame mounted thereon on a horizontal pivot, a roll mounted on each of the ends of the said frame, supple- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

mental rolls mounted at the sides of the first mentioned rolls, the said first mentioned rolls being constructed and arranged to receive a strip of paper thereon, and the second mentioned rolls being constructed and arranged to guide the said strip in horizontal planes to the said rolls, and means for rotating the rolls.

In testimony Whereof, We aflix our signatures in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

DANIEL n. HOLBEN. BENJAMIN r. FRANTZ.

Witnesses CHAS. F. MOLER, J AMES 'BILLIG.

Washington, D. 0. 

